Teachers take contract protest to Capitol

EDUCATORS' RALLY DRAWS THOUSANDS | Faye Onuma, left, a teacher at Kainalu Elementary, joined others waving signs along Beretania Street on Thursday during a "Stand Up for Public Education" rally sponsored by the Hawaii State Teachers Association at the state Capitol. Thousands of public school teachers attended the event as well as parents, students, other union members and UH students working on their degrees to become teachers.